Ground Stars / 地上星 · Ch.76 第76章 沙砾上的木棚区 -1
第76章 沙砾上的木棚区 –1
Chapter 76: Grains of Sand on the Wooden Peng Zone –1
虽然「猎怪者阵营总部」，是由很多地球有影响力的人共同合作成立的组织。
Although the “Hunter Faction Headquarters” is an organization jointly established by many influential figures on Earth,
但能成为这组织的首领之壹，则是要靠真本事才行。曾经的名气只是让他能更容易的取得人信任而已。
Becoming one of its leaders requires true capability. Past fame only makes it easier to gain others’ trust.
感应链接中，晨御叹息道：
In the sensory link, Chen Yu sighed and said：
｛已经确定了，死者就是周恒。｝
{It’s confirmed. The deceased is Zhou Heng.}
不愧是雄英组，最后还是将周恒给斩杀了，这壹次总部真的损失惨重。
As expected of the Xiong Ying Group, they ultimately killed Zhou Heng. This time, the headquarters has indeed suffered a heavy loss.
虽然对所谓的总部没什么感情，但Moexl普通的周恒硬是凭自身的学识与手段，为总部的发展做出了至关重要的贡献。
Though I have little attachment to the so-called headquarters, the ordinary Zhou Heng, through his knowledge and methods alone, made a crucial contribution to its development.
「那另外两人还能恢复吗，他们伤得很严重。」
“Can the other two still recover? They are severely injured.”
｛本来还比较棘手，但恰好我们找到了个可以许愿的人，这就简单多了。｝
{It was originally quite tricky, but coincidentally, we found someone who can grant wishes, which made it much simpler.}
「许愿？是心愿护符？」
“Grant wishes? Is that a Wish Talisman?”
｛妳竟然连心愿护符都知道了？｝
{You’re aware of Wish Talismans too?}
这下晨御是真的佩服起了杨子藏。
This truly made Chen Yu admire Yang Zicang.
总部都是好久后才晓得有这种东西，对大多数人来说它的存在都是秘密，而这刚来几天的小子对这些信息却像是了如指掌。
The headquarters only learned about such things long afterward. Its existence is a secret to most people, yet this newcomer, who has been here only a few days, seems to know everything about these matters.
……
去罗鑫处将梁喜带走后，三人又去楚强处接走了同时进来刘明和张扬两人。五人壹起回到了剧场异度空间。
After taking Liang Xi to Luo Xin’s place, the three of them went to Chu Chiang’s to pick up Liu Ming and Chang Yang, who had come in at the same time. The five of them returned together to the theater’s alternate dimension.
「厉害，都有自己的大别野了。」
“Impressive, you’ve got your own fancy villa now.”
声音空旷的传出，张扬羡慕的打量著周围。
A voice echoed hollowly as Chang Yang gazed around with envy.
「以后没事儿就别出去了，小心驶得万年船。」杨子藏看向破败的剧场，只有这地方才稍微让他能够安心。
“From now on, if there’s nothing urgent, don’t go out. Better safe than sorry.” Yang Zicang looked toward the dilapidated theater; only this place could give him any sense of security.
吕布的卫星已成为悬在众人头顶的达摩克利斯之剑。
Lyu Bu’s satellite had become a sword of Damocles hanging over everyone’s heads.
收拾好后，杨子藏做出壹副整理行李的架势。
After tidying up, Yang Zicang made a show of packing his luggage.
沐小雨走来递给他片饼干道：
Mu Xiaoyu walked over, handed him a cracker, and said:
「又想去那儿？今天就别去了，好好休息嘛。」
“Heading out again? Just rest today, okay?”
「那辆地铁只有在夜里才能动，我白天再休息好了。」
“That subway only moves at night. I’ll get some sleep during the day.”
……
深邃暮色下。
Under the deep twilight gloom.
夜里的作棚聚集地依旧不时有声音传出。
Even at night, the Workpen Settlement occasionally buzzed with sounds.
半夜，穿得稍微好了点的王翀接到Moexl信息后，从床上起身，打著哈欠走进夜色中。小屋对面床上，瞧见他离去的徐秀川赶紧随手扯了张毯子裹在身上，搓著手陪在他身边。
In the dead of night, Wang Chong, now in slightly finer clothes, received a message from Moxel, got up from his bed, and yawned as he walked out into the dark. From the bed across the small room, Shiu Siuchuan, seeing him leave, quickly grabbed a blanket, wrapped it around himself, rubbed his hands together, and walked beside him.
「是那个杨子藏联系妳？噢，好冷，这鬼地方的晚上可真冷。」
“Was it that Yang Zicang who contacted you? Oh, it’s so cold. The nights in this godforsaken place are freezing.”
「没冻死妳就不错了。」王翀道。
“You should be thankful you’re not frozen to death,” Wang Chong said.
「夏天就这样，今年冬天不知道该怎么办。」
“Summer’s almost over, and winter is coming—I’ve no idea what to do then.”
在两人出去的同时，这处由几十座高矮大小各不相同的木棚所聚集的建筑群中，另壹间屋子内。
Right after the two walked out, inside another room of this cluster of dozens of wooden shacks varying in height and size—some towering, some squat.
范修云和还有点怅惘的吕志，躺在各自的双层小木床下层。壹个鼾声震天，壹个默默羡慕的想著下午见到的恶魇列车。
Fan Xiuyun and Lyu Zhi, the latter still lost in a daze of yearning, lay on the lower bunks of their respective twin-tiered wooden beds. One snored like thunder, while the other brooded in silent envy over the Nightmare Train they had glimpsed that afternoon.
忽地，吕志听到了他床上层，壹声轻微的呻吟。
Suddenly, Lyu Zhi heard a faint groan from the bunk above his.
吕志小声道：「秦蒙，妳怎么了，又犯病了？」
Lyu Zhi whispered, “Chin Mong, what’s wrong—caught one of your episodes again?”
「我…还好…」上层的秦蒙咬紧了嘴，忍住了突然由胸腔内出现的痛苦阵痛，「没事，妳也知道，老毛病了。妳快休息吧。」
“I… I’m fine…” Chin Mong on the upper bunk gritted his teeth, suppressing the sudden, piercing pain jolting through his chest cavity. “It’s nothing. You know, same old chronic problem. Just get some rest.”
身材结实的吕志起身关切的看了瘦弱的秦蒙壹眼，发现没什么大问题后，便继续睡到满是枯草与淡红碎晶石的床上。
The sturdy Lyu Zhi sat up, casting a concerned glance at the frail Chin Mong, and after seeing no major issue, he lay back down on the bed strewn with withered grass and faint red crystal fragments.
深呼吸几口，秦蒙听到了来自内心深处的声音——
After taking a few deep breaths, Chin Mong heard a voice echoing from the depths of his soul—
｛昨天不是还打算离开吗，怎么又不行动了？呵。｝
{Weren’t you planning to leave yesterday? So why haven’t you made a move yet? Hah.}
[我…又能压制妳壹段时间了。]
[I… can suppress you for a little while longer.]
｛就靠妳今天获得的那五十年额外寿命？哼，我劝妳现在早点出发，好找个远离人类的荒地等死…这样待我出来，妳的这些狐朋狗友还能多活段时间。｝
{Relying on the extra fifty years of life you gained today? Hmph, I suggest you start now and find a desolate land far from humans to wait for death… That way, when I break free, those worthless friends of yours will have a few more days to live.}
明明是异界语言，却自然能够让秦蒙听懂。
Although it was a foreign language, it was naturally comprehensible to Chin Mong.
黑暗中，这唯有自己能听到的声音，仿佛是来自魔鬼的嘲弄。
In the darkness, this voice audible only to himself seemed like the taunts of a demon.
秦蒙心中满是痛恨，却不敢表达出来，让好不容易接纳自己的朋友们看出异样。
Chin Mong’s heart was full of hatred, but he dared not show it, lest his newfound friends, who had finally accepted him, notice anything amiss.
良久后，秦蒙在心中默默憋了句道：
After a long silence, Chin Mong held back a retort in his heart:
[妳不会成功的，我相信邪不胜正。]
[You won’t succeed. I believe good will triumph over evil.]
｛哈哈哈，真是个彻头彻尾的弱者啊，哈哈。｝
{Hahaha, nothing but a weakling through and through, haha.}
｛那什么议会居然妄想靠妳们这群废物，来应对世界的危机…真是失败的决策。还好，我还能扭转点…｝
{That so-called Council actually thought they could rely on a bunch of worthless lot like you to face the world’s crisis… What a doomed decision. Fortunately, I can still change the course…}
声音缓缓消失，而下午刚刚获得的那五十年额外寿命，已经只剩四十二年。
The voice slowly faded, and the extra fifty years of life gained earlier that afternoon had already dwindled to just forty-two.
……
远离了依山而聚的几十户木棚后，王翀与徐秀川走向壹处背风的小土包后。
After moving far away from the dozens of wooden sheds nestled against the mountain, Wang Chong and Shiu Siuchuan headed to a small sheltered mound behind.
刚说完个笑话的徐秀川无奈的看了眼身旁秒入睡的王翀。
Shiu Siuchuan, having just cracked a joke, shot a helpless glance at Wang Chong, who had fallen asleep instantly beside him.
突然间王翀背后空气中扭曲出幻象。
Suddenly, an illusion twisted out of the air behind Wang Chong’s back.
朦胧能量快速展开形成地铁站台，占据了十几米空间。
Hazy energy rapidly expanded, forming a subway platform that occupied over ten meters of space.
「哇哦。」
“Whoa.”
徐秀川张大了嘴，当王翀自打盹中惊醒时，那艘列车已经悬停在了身旁。
Shiu Siuchuan’s jaw dropped. By the time Wang Chong jolted awake from his doze, the train car had already parked silently beside him.
王翀挠了挠自己半长不短的头发，迷糊的道：「啊，杨哥，不好意思，我刚刚睡著了。」
Wang Chong scratched his medium-length hair and murmured drowsily, “Ah, Brother Yang, sorry, I just dozed off.”
还真是实诚的孩子啊，扬子藏内心想到，搞得自己都不好解释了。
What an honest kid, Yang ZiCang thought to himself. It almost made him awkward to explain further.
「这是送给妳们的衣物，后面我会给妳们带来更多的。」
“These are clothes for you. I’ll bring you more later.”
扬子藏将壹个大行李箱打开。
Yang ZiCang opened a large suitcase.
「哇哦！」
“Whoa!”
两人振奋的看著里面的衣服，扬子藏知道这边的夜晚比较冷，里面都是秋冬装。
Their eyes lit up at the clothes inside. Yang ZiCang knew the nights here were cold, so he had packed autumn and winter wear.
「我真的能拿吗？」王翀迫不及待拿起件外套，在手上爱不释手的看著。
“Can I really take one?” Wang Chong eagerly grabbed a jacket, gazing at it with fond admiration.
扬子藏点点头，让两人先选两件。
Yang ZiCang nodded, letting them pick two pieces first.
「杨老大，妳今晚来应该是有什么事吧？有什么我能帮的上的吗。」
“Brother Yang, there must be something you came for tonight, right? Anything I can help with?”
徐秀川在壹旁厚著脸皮道。
Shiu Siuchuan interjected, shameless as always.
「我想要购点三角形的失念Moexl。」
“I want to buy some triangular Shitsutsu Moxels.”
灰暗光线中，两人互相看了眼，王翀道：「我昨天本来找到枚，已经被我交地费了。」
In the dim light, the two exchanged glances. Wang Chong said, “I actually found one yesterday, but I already handed it in for my ground fee.”
想要在作棚聚集地生活，得每个月交壹枚三角形的失念Moexl。
To live in Workpen Settlement, one must pay one triangular Amnesia Moxel each month.
听到两人对聚集区的解释，扬子藏心中壹动：「若是我在这里建立个作棚聚集地，是不是就能跟妳们的棚主壹样收租了。」
Upon hearing the pair’s explanation of the settlement, Yang Zicang’s heart stirred: “If I were to establish a Workpen Settlement here, could I collect rent just like your Penglord does?”
两人只觉得天雷滚滚。
The two could only feel like thunderclouds were rolling over them—they were utterly dumbfounded.
徐秀川心中叹服。壹来就打自己从未想过的主意，两人的思维根本不在同壹个频率。
Shiu Siuchuan sighed in admiration inwardly. On his first go, he was already hatching an idea that never crossed either of their minds; their thought processes simply didn’t operate on the same frequency.
王翀磕磕盼盼的开口，「理论上是可以的。」
Wang Chong stammered out, “Theoretically, it’s possible.”
「不过，杨哥啊，壹个作棚聚集地的管理不是那么容易的。除了要应对会随著失频交错地进入这里的怪物，还要能够规划大伙的生活设施，以及应对人们之间的矛盾。特别是，这里的女人很少，若是有家眷的在这里很容易出问题。」
“But, Brother Yang, managing a Workpen Settlement isn’t that easy. Besides dealing with the monsters that cross into here with each new Frequency Loss intersection, you also need to plan the residents’ living facilities and handle conflicts among them. Especially given that there are very few women here—if anyone has family members, it’s bound to cause trouble.”
徐秀川补充道：「而且，棚区也不是想建就能建，首先得有个水井才行。」
Shiu Siuchuan added, “And Peng Zone isn’t something you can build just because you feel like it. First, you’d need a water well.”
「没错哦。只有偶尔出现的新失频交错地，且里面有水井出现时，我们才可能偶尔找到壹两个水井，制作成失念引擎。」
“That’s right. It’s only from the rare new Frequency Loss intersections that occasionally appear, and only when a well is present inside them, that we sometimes find one or two wells to turn into Shin Engines.”
「听到就很难。」杨子藏感叹道。
“Sounds really tough,” Yang Zicang sighed.
「也还好，如果有合适的地形，有人会先在那里面打出水井，出水后再把井移出来，接著放置引擎激活它。」
“It’s not so bad. If there’s suitable terrain, someone will first dig a well there, then move it out after water appears, and finally place an engine to activate it.”
杨子藏只觉得天雷滚滚。
Yang Zicang felt as though thunderbolts were crashing through his mind.
他以前听过壹个相声，风把水井吹跑了。
He had once heard a cross-talk performance where the wind blew a well away.
没想到在这里还能真达到类似的效果——
He never expected to witness a similar effect here—
在新出现的幕景地里凿出水井，再把它做成引擎移出来。
Carve a well in a newly emerged scenic realm, then turn it into an engine to move it out.
「好水井的失念引擎很贵的，它们的配方只有几个中大型作棚主才拥有。」
“A quality well-making Shin Engine is very expensive—only a few mid-to-large sized Penglords possess their formulas.”
还好地形类的引擎不需要枢纽镇的商户们配合，否则失频之地几乎无人能够存活。
Fortunately, terrain-based engines don’t require cooperation from Hubville’s merchants; otherwise, almost no one could survive in the Shibin Wastes.
「我们的棚主想要制作出水井引擎，实验了小半年，据说浪费了二三十份的失念Moexl，却只造出了两个勉强产浑水的引擎。其它的要么是枯井，要么就是有有害物质或怪味，喝了会短命。」
“Our Penglord wanted to craft water well engines; after nearly half a year of trials, reportedly wasting twenty to thirty portions of Forgotten-thought Moxel, they only managed two engines that barely yield murky water. The rest were either dry wells or wells filled with harmful substances or odd tastes that shorten one’s life upon drinking.”
「哦，那妳们这边的毒药业应该很发达。」
“Oh, so the poison trade here must be thriving then.”
「那是当然，可是有什么用呢，喝壹口就会知道折了几天寿。」
“Naturally, but what use is it? One sip tells you how many days you’ve lost off your life.”
「这倒是。」
“That’s true.”
有过类似经验的扬子藏深以为然的点点头。
Having shared a similar experience, Yang Zicang nodded deeply in agreement.